1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 29, 2:55 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 255 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002 AT 19Z...SFC LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF IND. MODELS AGREE THAT THIS SFC LOW WILL LIFT NE TOWARD CLE BY 00Z...THEN INTO WRN NY BY 03Z. STRONG LOW LVL JET AND UPR LVL JET WILL BRING GOOD CONV/DIV COUPLET TO THE ENTIRE REGION FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. DEEP MSTR IS ALSO AVAILABLE...THUS...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EVERYWHERE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. BEST CHC FOR SVR TSTMS STILL APPEARS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70 COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH THE WEST THIS EVENING...AND THEN ACRS THE ERN CWFA BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS WILL BE FOUND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. NGM MOS GUIDANCE LOOKS REASONABLE. CWFA WILL HAVE SFC HIGH PRESSURE ON SATURDAY. SOME DAYTIME CUMULUS MIXED WITH SOME CIRRUS ALOFT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT PARTLY CLOUDY FCST...ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE MOSTLY SUNNY FOR AWHILE IN THE MORNING. AVN AND NGM MOS HAVE TRENDED WARMER FOR SATURDAY/S HIGHS AND GIVEN THICKNESS SCHEMES...VALUES LOOK GOOD. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...REGION WILL BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE NRN JET STREAM AND SRN JET STREAM BRANCHES. MOISTURE AND S/WVS WILL EJECT INTO THE TN VLY ON SUNDAY WHILE A S/WV MOVES ACRS MICHIGAN. OUR AREA STILL LOOKS TO BE IN THE WEDGE OF DRY WEATHER...SO WILL LEAVE EASTER SUNDAY DRY WITH PARTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NGM MOS LOOKS TOO COLD GIVEN PREFER ETA SOLUTION (DRY AND MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED) SO HAVE TRENDED TO THE WARMER MAV NUMBERS. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR SUNDAY NIGHT...YIELDING TO A MOSTLY SUNNY DAY ON MONDAY. .ILN...NONE HICKMAN
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and powerlines, and tore part of the roof off of a multi-unit apartment building.
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